Moonlight Garden
Common Name	Latin Name	T	Usual H X W	Ornamental Value
Acton Encelia	Encelia actoni	S	3 feet X 3 feet	Yellow flowers in spring and summer, fragrant foliage
Antelope Bitterbrush, Greasewood	Purshia tridentata	S	5 feet X 5 feet	Fragrant with yellow flowers
Bear grass	Nolina bigelovii	S	4 feet X 3 feet	Evergreen, grayish color
Blackfoot Daisy	Melampodium leucanthum	P	6 inches X one foot	White one inch daisies, fragrant
Black Sage	Salvia mellifera	S	1 foot X 1 foot	Fragrant with lavender flowers
Bladder Sage	Salazaria mexicana	S	6 feet X 6 feet	Pink and purple flowers with purple lip which evolve into a reddish or a pale yellowy bladder
Brewer's Salt Bush	Atriplex lentiformis	S	7 feet x 7 feet	Yellow flowers July to October, evergreen grey leaves
Brittle Bush	Encelia farinosa	S	3 feet X 3 feet	Yellow flowers blooming all spring
California Evening Primrose	Oenothera californica	P	2 feet X 4 feet	White to pink fragrant flowers
California Milkweed	Asclepias californica	S	3 feet X 3 feet	Attractive deep purple flowers
Century Plant	Agave americana	YA	7 feet X 12 feet	Evergreen, yellow flower once at about 10 years or more (monocarpic), stalk 15 to 30 feet high
Chihuahuan Sage, Cenizo, Purple Sage	Salvia mellifera	S	4 feet X 5 feet	Fragrant with lavender to purple flowers
Cleveland Sage	Salvia clevelandii	S	4 feet X 4 feet	Purple trumpet shaped flowers, evergreen
Cliff Fendlerbush	Fendlera rupicola	S	1 foot X 6 feet	Purple flowers in spring to fall, fragrant, silver foliage
Cliff Rose, Mexican Cliffrose, Bitterbrush	Purshia mexicana	S	8 feet X 5 feet	Fragrant white aromatic flowers with long yellow stamens
Desert Agave	Agave deserti	YA	3 feet X 3 feet	Yellow flowers
Desert Holly	Atriplex hymenelytra	S	2 feet X 3 feet	Yellow flowers, red fruits, spring to fall
Desert Lavender	Hyptis emoryi	S	8 feet X 8 feet	Lavender flowers, minty fragrance in spring, grey to white foliage
Desert Spoon, Sotol, Desert Candle	Dasylirion wheeleri	S	5 feet X 4 feet	Yellow flowers on 15 to 20 foot stalks, silver to green evergreen leaves
Dwarf Coyote Brush	Baccharis pilularis Var. pilularis	S	1 foot X 12 feet	Evergreen groundcover
Dwarf White Zinnia, Desert Zinnia	Zinnia acerosa	P	3 inches X 1 foot	White flowers after rains
Fairy Duster, Pink Fairy Duster, Mock Mesquite	Calliandra eriophylla	S	4 feet X 4 feet	Silver-green leaves, fragrant, pink to red duster blooms most of year
Fourwing Saltbush	Atriplex canescens	S	5 feet X 5 feet	Yellow flowers May to September, evergreen grey leaves
Fragrant Evening Primrose	Neriserenia camporum	P	8 inches X one foot	White to pale pink flowers in spring
Great Basin Sage, Big Sagebrush	Artemisia tridentata	S	4 feet X 4 feet	Silver-green leaves, fragrant
Gregg Dalea	Dalea greggii	S	1 foot X 6 feet	Purple flowers in spring to fall, fragrant, silver foliage
Indian Milkweed	Asclepias eriocarpa	P	3 feet X 1 foot	Yellow flowers and red fruits, butterfly magnet
Matilija Poppy	Romneya coulteri	P	3 feet X 2 feet	Huge white flowers, yellow centers, May to July, fragrant
Mescal Ceniza	Agave colorata	Y	3 feet X 3 feet	Yellow flowers on stem, grey leaves (monocarpic)
Mojave Yucca	Yucca schidigera	S	5 feet X 4 feet	Evergreen, white and purple flowers
Narrowleaf Milkweed	Asclepias fascicularis	P	3 feet x 1 foot	White to off-white flowers July to October, butterfly magnet
New Mexico Agave	Agave neomexicana	YA	2 feet X 2 feet	Evergreen, yellow flower once in spring
Our Lord's Candle Yucca, Foothill Yucca	Yucca whipplei	S	3 feet X 4 feet	Evergreen, white and purple flowers
Redshank, Ribbonwood	Adenostoma sparsifolium	S	5 feet X 6 feet	Small white flowers
Roundflower Catclaw	Acacia romeriana	T	10 feet X 15 feet	White fluffy balls of fragrant white flowers, pinkish flat beans
Rubber Rabbitbrush	Chrysothamnus nauseosus	S	3 feet 2 feet	Small yellow flowers in summer, cotton tufts in fall, grey leaves and limbs
Smoke Tree	Dalea spinosa	T	15 feet X 30 feet	Purple flowers in spring, fragrant
Snowflake Sage	Salvia chionophylla	P	1 foot X 6 feet/year	Blue flowers spring and fall, evergreen gray-white ground cover
Starleaf Mexican Orange, Fragrant Starleaf	Choisya dumosa	S	18 inches X 3 feet	White fragrant flowers after rains, fancy leaves
Texas Ranger	Leucophyllum frutescens	S	6 feet X 6 feet	Purple trumpet shaped flowers, evergreen silver leaves
Utah Service Berry	Amelanchier utahensis	S	15 feet x 15 feet	White flowers in spring, fruit in early summer, white bark
Violet Silverleaf	Leucophyllum candidum	S	5 feet X 5 feet	Violet flowers February to May, silver-white leaves
White Fir	Albies concolor	T	30 feet X 12 feet	Evergreen, popular Christmas tree, leaves have lemony fragrance
White Sage, Bee Sage	Salvia apiana	S	3 feet X 3 feet	White flowers, grey leaves, aromatic
White Sagebrush	Artemisia ludoviciana	P	1 foot X 3 feet	Fragrant silver foliage, insignificant yellow flowers July to October
Winterfat	Ceratoides lanata	P	2 feet X 2 feet	Silvery leaves, white hairs on leaves
Wooly Indian Paintbrush	Castilleja foliolosa	P	3 feet X 3 feet	Showy orange to red flowers March through June

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